National Association of Colored Women (NACW)

CTL-E-0489 · Organization · other · 1896–present

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The NACW held its second national convention at Quinn Chapel AME Church, Chicago, August 14–16, 1899.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-192; source research type(s): Civic organization. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

https://www.omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/558 (primary source)

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